Hazael

Hazael

Hazael ( /ˈheɪziəl/; Hebrew: חֲזָהאֵל or חזאלḤaZa'eL‎; Aramaic, from the triliteral Semitic root h-z-y, "to see"; his full name meaning, "God has seen") was a court official and later an Aramean king who is mentioned in the Bible. Under his reign, Aram-Damascus became an empire that ruled over large parts of Syria and Palestine.

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